Steps for effective transporation
13.4.1. Domestic/Trade/Institutional Waste
Transportation of waste from temporary waste storage depots/sites may be planned in accordance with the frequency of containers becoming full. The locations where the containers are placed may be grouped into four categories as under:
· Containers which are required to be cleared more than once a day.
· Containers which are required to be cleared once a day.
· Containers to be cleared on alternate days.
· Containers, which take longer, time to fill and need clearance twice a week.
It may be ensured that vegetable, fruits, meat, fish market waste is removed at least once in a day.
13.4.2 Routing of Vehicles
Depending on the containers to be cleared each day, the route for lifting containers may be worked out avoiding zigzag movement of vehicles to the extent
possible. This will save a lot of fuel and time.
13.4.3 Use of Vehicles in Two Shifts
All the vehicles may be utilized in two shifts to lift containers, to ensure full utilization of the fleet of vehicles and to reduce the requirement of new vehicles.
Transportation of waste during night time may be done in areas where there is serious traffic congestion during the day and it hampers solid waste management operations. Work at night will increase the productivity and reduce the cost of such service.
13.4.4 Type of Vehicles to be Used
Vehicles which can synchronize well with containers placed at temporary waste storage depots should be utilized for transportation to prevent multiple handling of waste. The selection of the type of vehicles should also be done keeping in mind the quantity of waste to be transported, the distances to be travelled, the road widths, road conditions, work shop facilities, etc. In cities above 5 lac population, hydraulic vehicles could be used.
Following type of vehicles or similar vehicles could be used for transportation of waste.
(i) Container lifting devices such as Dumper placers/skip lifters or similar other vehicles may be used for transportation of large size containers to transfer stations or to disposal sites as illustrated in Fig.13.4.
(ii) At places where small size containers of 0.5 to 1.0 cu.m. may have been placed, the refuse collector machine without compaction devices of 6 to l5 cu.m. capacity having top or back loading facility may be used. This vehicle, instead of transporting the container as shown in Fig.13.4 above lifts and unloads the contents of the small container into the body of the vehicle through a hydraulic system and puts the empty container back in place as shown in Fig.13.5.
(iii) Transportation from Congested Areas
Local bodies should provide facility of direct loading of waste in small vehicles in the congested areas where small vehicles may be parked at suitable locations during primary collection and sweepers may be directed to transfer the waste from the hand carts directly into vehicles
